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October 26, 2011 by graham

Some thoughts on an accident of art

Sometimes, accidents happen. Often, though we don’t always realise it, they are beautiful accidents. And when beautiful accidents occur we should seize them with both hands. Take this image, for example (click for a bigger version): This image was made right at the end of a shoot. One of the models had already headed back [...]

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September 30, 2009 by graham

Good morning, Doctor Insomnia

It won't amaze you to know that I'm suffering from typically acute insomnia at the moment. My body's tired – I can feel my eyelids wanting to close, my eyes itching and my limbs becoming ever more leaden – and yet my brain doesn't want to switch off. I close my eyes to sleep but [...]

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September 25, 2009 by graham

Waiting for the muse

It's been one of those weird weeks. I started it full of energy and excitement and I'm ending it feeling drained, uninspired and empty. Countdown started really well; the first twelve days were a breeze to get shots for and I loved producing the video (though fighting with kdenlive wasn't always the most fun thing [...]

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January 6, 2009 by graham

That was the year that was

It’s interesting how the number of people subscribing to this blog dropped by almost half after I published this mosiac of my photos from the anti Prop8 protest in Boston and this rant about the Bishop of Lancaster. In actual fact it looks like FeedBurner can no longer see the number of Livejournal-based subscribers to [...]